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ALLEVIATE

\ɐlˈiːvɪˌe͡ɪt], \ɐlˈiːvɪˌe‍ɪt], \ɐ_l_ˈiː_v_ɪ__ˌeɪ_t]\

Definitions of ALLEVIATE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To extenuate; to palliate.
To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; - opposed to aggravate.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To extenuate; to palliate.
To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; - opposed to aggravate.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To lighten; lessen; make easier; mitigate.
Alleviation.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Alleviation.
To make light: to mitigate.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To make light; ease; lessen.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To make lighter or easier to bear; relieve; mitigate.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To lighten; to mitigate.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To make light; to make easier; to lessen, as pain, sorrow.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. Sometimes mitigating.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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